Portable wardrobe.



L. S. HAUGK.

. PORTABLE WARDROBE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.15. 1912. 1,043,590. Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

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L. S. HAUCK.

PORTABLE WARDROBE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.15, 1912.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

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PORTABLE WARDROBE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1912. Serial No. 680,714.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Loursn S. HAUGK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Bayside, Queens county, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Wardrobes, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in portable wardrobes, theobject being to provide a wardrobe that can be foldedup and packed in atrunk or other similar receptacle.

The chief object of my invention is to provide a wardrobe adapted forreceiving clothes and other articles of apparel that can be carried fromplace to place by traveling salesmen or tourists, the said wardrobebeing adapted to be set up in a room of a hotel for instance during thestay of the salesman or tourist.

My invention is also well adapted for use in boarding houses where thecloset room is limited, or in fact in any place where clothes are to bekept.

To render my improved wardrobe a port able structure that can be packedinto a small place, I preferably make the same out of fabric and in theform of a box, that is to say the wardrobe comprises a top, a bottom,sides, a back and an open front. To adapt the wardrobe to retain shoes,slippers, umbrellas, &c., I provide the sides and rear thereof withpockets and straps to receive the said articles. In order to stiffen thetop of the cabinet, I provide a filling-piece, which will hereinafter bedescribed. By means of aprons, my improved wardrobe is renderedpractically dust-proof.

In order that the wardrobe may be set up upon the floor of a room Iprovide a portable stand, which is preferably a knockdown structure thatmay be taken apart and packed with the wardrobe proper. As willhereinafter appear, my improved wardrobe is provided with means forsupporting clothes hangers and also means for supporting trousers.

I will now describe my invention in detail, the novel features of whichI will finally point out in the claim, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved wardrobe; Fig. 2 is an enlargedcentral vertical sectional view of the wardrobe proper;

Fig. 3.is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail view of the top ofthe wardrobe and a portion of the sides and'rear thereof, the sectionbeing taken on a line 3--3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4: is a sectional plan viewon a reduced scale, the section being taken on a line M in Fig. 2; andFig. 5 is an end view on a reduced scale of myimproved wardrobe.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment ofmy invention, the numeral 1 indicates a foldable wardrobe which consistsof a top 2, a bottom 3, a .rear member 4, side members 5 (see Figs. 2and3) and a front portion 6, which comprises a comparatively low section 7which is secured to the sides 5 and bottom 3 and a flap or cover 8,which is secured to the member 9 of the top 2. The flap or cover 8 isprovided with sockets 10 into which'buttons 11 carried by aprons ordust-guards 12 will snap. The upper edge of the section 7 is providedwith a loop 13 into which a stiffening element or bar'1 1 is slipped inorder to lend to the said section, at the top edge thereof, a certainamount of rigidity.

In order that the top 2 of the cabinet may be rendered stiff, in orderthat the cabinet as a whole may be caused to retain its shape, I providea board or stiffening element 15, which is slipped in between themembers 9 and 16 of the top 2.

By referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the members 9 and 16 arepermanently secured together, at one end and sides thereof, as at 17 butare adapted for releasable attachment at the forward end thereof, as at18; in otherwords, the top member 16 comprises a covering plece and anapron 20,

which is-secured to the lower member 9 of the top 2, the said apron 20being provided ,with buttons 21, one only being shown, which passthrough button-holes 22, one only being shown, in the covering piece. Bysecuring the top member 16 and bottom member 9 together, as abovedescribed, a pocket 23 is provided into which the filling piece 15 canbe slipped when the cabinet or wardrobe is to be set up for use. Whenthe wardrobe is to be packed away the filling piece may be withdrawn, ifdesirable, or the said filling piece may be left in if space permits.When the fabric, which forms the cabinet or wardrobe, is to be washedthe filling piece 15 and stiffening bar 14: inthe section 7, will bewithdrawn or removed. To adapt the wardrobe to retain. coats, skirts,

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or straps 24 coat-hangers .with straps or tapes26 formed intoloops 2-7,in which bars or rods 28 are placed. The bars or rods 28 are for thepurpose of supporting trousers. In order that shoes, slippers, &c., maybe carried by the cabinet, I

. provide the side members 5 thereof with pockets 29 in which shoes,slippers or other small articles may be placed.

As can be seen in Figs. 2 and 4, the rear member 4 of the wardrobe isprovided with a comparatively large pocket 30 in which laundry or soiledlinen may be placed. The rear member 4 of the wardrobe is also providedwith straps 31 which connect the upper end of the pocket 30 with therear member 4 of the wardrobe. These straps act to support the pocket30, when said pocket is filled. It will, of course, be obvious thatumbrellas or parasols may be placed in the pocket 30 as well as soiledlinen. The stiffening of the top 2 accomplishes a double purpose,namely, to keep the cabinet or wardrobe-in shape and also to provide ashelf upon which books, ornaments, or other comparatively heavy objectsmay be placed. In order that the wardrobe may be suspended from asuitable support, I provide'suspending straps 32 which are at one endthereof secured to the top member 16 of the top 2. In this instance, thesuspending straps 32 are provided with rings 33, 1wlliiich may be causedto engage hooks or the As can be seen in Figs. 1 and 4, the section 7 ofthe front of the cabinet is provided with pockets 34 in which any smallarticle may be placed. As it is obviously impossible to find supportsfor the wardrobe which are properly spaced to receive the rings 33 ofthe straps32, I preferably provide a portable knockdown framework orstand which may be carried with the wardrobe and set up when thewardrobe is to be put into use. As herein illustrated the support orstand for the wardrobe comprises uprights 35 consisting of the members36 and 37, detachably connected as at 38. The upper members 36 of theframe or uprights erably forked, as shown in Fig. a vertical member orpost 39, provided with a jaw 40 at the upper end thereof. The lowermembers 37 of the framework 3? are independent elements which arescrewed on to the members 36, in this instance, but any form ofconnection which renders the members 36 and 37 separably connected canbe used. To prevent the uprights 35 from spreading transversely, Iprovide the lower members 37 with eyes 41 with which a crossrod 42engages. As can be seen in Fig. 1 the upper part of each of the uprights35 is connected by a bar 43, provided with de pending hooks 44 whichengage the rings 33 on the straps 32 of the wardrobe. The bar 43adjacent each end thereof is provided with a loop 45 adapted to takeinto and engage the jaws 40 on the uprights The outer ends of the rod 43are upturned as at 46 to form hooks which may be used for the support ofclothes. The uprights 35 are 35 are pref- 5 and carry also provided withhooks 47 which may also be used for the support of clothing.

Should the user of my improved wardrobe so desire he or she may inserthooks into a shelf or other support upon which the wardrobe may be hung.

It will be quite apparent that when the flaps 8 which form part of thefront of the wardrobe is down and buttoned to the dust guards or aprons12 the cabinet or wardrobe is rendered pract-icaly dustproof.

Having now described my invention in detail, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A portable wardrobe comprising two sides, two ends, a bottom and apocket-form top, all of fabric capable of being rolled into a smallparcel, a stiffening board adapted to be inserted in said top, meansattached to the top for suspending garments and means attached to one ofsaid sides for holding articles of apparel, the other side beingprovided with a flap closure for access to the interior of saidwardrobe, in combination with means for suspending the same.

Signed at New York day of April, 1912.

LOUISE S. HAUOK.

Witnesses:

EDWARD A. JARVIS, Es'rnLLE O. HAM URGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C.

city, N. Y., this 13th

